| Titre : | Impacts of Canada's cannabis legalization on police-reported crime among youth: early evidence (2021) |
| Auteurs : | R. C. CALLAGHAN ; J. VANDER HEIDEN ; M. SANCHES ; M. ASBRIDGE ; A. HATHAWAY ; S. J. KISH |
| Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
| Dans : | Addiction (Vol.116, n°12, December 2021) |
| Article en page(s) : | 3454-3462 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Discipline : | LOI (Loi et son application / Law enforcement) |
| Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus Géographique CANADAThésaurus TOXIBASE CANNABIS ; LEGALISATION ; CRIMINALITE ; ADOLESCENT ; POSSESSION DE DROGUE ; POLICE ; VIOLENCE ; DELIT ; EVOLUTION |
| Résumé : |
AIMS: Canada's 2018 Cannabis Act allows youth (age 12-17 years) to possess up to 5 g of dried cannabis (or equivalent) for personal consumption/sharing. This study assessed whether the Cannabis Act was associated with changes in police-reported cannabis offences among youth in Canada.
DESIGN: Time series model using national daily criminal incident data from January 1, 2015-December 31, 2018 from the Canadian Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR-2). Seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average time series models, stratified by sex, assessed the relations between legalization and youth cannabis-related offences. SETTING: Canada, 2015-2018. CASES: Police-reported cannabis-related offenses among youth age 12-17 years (male, n = 32 178; female, n = 9001). MEASUREMENTS: Outcomes: police-reported cannabis-related crimes, property crimes, and violent crimes. Covariate: calendar-month. FINDINGS: For females, legalization was associated with a step-effect decrease of 4.56 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.32, 5.81; P < 0.001) police-reported cannabis-related criminal offences per day, an effect equivalent to a 64.6% (standard error [SE] = 33.5%) reduction. For males, legalization was associated with a drop of 12.73 (95% CI = 8.82, 16.64; P < 0.001) cannabis-related offences per day, equaling a decrease of 57.7% (SE = 22.6%). Results were inconclusive as to whether there were associations between cannabis legalization and patterns of property crimes or violent crimes. CONCLUSIONS: Implementation of the Cannabis Act in Canada in 2018 appears to have been associated with decreases of 55%-65% in cannabis-related crimes among male and female youth. |
| Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
| Affiliation : | Northern Medical Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada |
| Cote : | Abonnement |
| Lien : | https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15535 |
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